Vanity Fair (+ 4 CD) : Stage 6 / William Makepeace Thackeray ; retold by Diane Mowat ; illustrations by William Thackeray from the engravings in the 1847 edition.
By: Mowat, Diane.
Contributor(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace | Thackeray, William [ill.].
Material type: BookSeries: Oxford Bookworms Library. Classics. Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: Simplified ed.Description: 136 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + 4 CD.ISBN: 9780194792691 (pbk.).Subject(s): Readers (Adult) | Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | High interest-low vocabulary books | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction | British -- Europe -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Social classes -- Fiction | Married women -- Fiction | Governesses -- FictionDDC classification: 428.6 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: "When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . Thackeray's famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars." --Back cover.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . Thackeray's famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars." --Back cover.
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